680i motherboard
600 watt power supply
7900 gs video card
2 gb ocz pc6400
core 2 duo 2.1
I overclocked it to 3.0 and is very stable. i have it to 1500 fsb and the memory at 750 on sync mode. When i try to load some games it takes 2 to 3 mins just to turn it on. i have stopped everything from starting up using the msconfig. I have another system which starts the games immediatly. yet i know that system should run like that since its a quad. im just trying to see if by anychance i did something wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
Only having 2GB of RAM isn't going to do you any favours. It won't mean that the system performs worse after the overclock, but it could well mean that the overclock has no noticeable difference on performance.
If you're going to overclock a lot, I would recommend getting new memory rather than adding some. For one thing, OCZ memory isn't always very good, and for another, filling all four slots in a motherboard significantly hampers overclocking performance.
Have you checked your RAM voltages and timings? make sure these are within stock and try again. Sometimes badly configured RAM can cause this. I doubt going from 2GB to 4GB would make much, if any, difference for Windows XP. Vista or Windows 7 are a different story though. Not only can they detect 4GB of RAM, they will USE it to great effect.
Make sure to turn Intel SpeedStep off and make sure your PSU cables are all in correctly. What is the make of your PSU?
Also, the 680i boards always ring bells for me. They're not particularly stable or reliable.
It could be data loss from the hard drive in loading. The nforce 680i's are notorious for that. If this problem bugs you a lot and you can't figure out how to solve it easily drako, I would strongly recommend buying a new board without an nforce chipset - this will require a reinstall of windows, but trust me, it'll be worth it. Nforce boards are unreliable, slow, and become unstable in later life, not to mention cause corrupt data on your hard drive.
thanks guys. yea i believe ill end up trying both of them. ill try the memory upgrade first and if that dont help ill just buy a new motherboard. ill use the old motherboard for a regular pc built or sell it. if i still have trouble ill be here once again with a new thread.
